Doctor Demand is Low Now, but Shortage Expected To Worsen

In a new report tracking physician compensation, Merritt Hawkins' newly released 2020 Incentive Review explores how the pandemic has temporarily decreased demand for physicians, changing what for years has been a buyer's market for physicians seeking practice opportunities to a seller's market for hospitals, medical groups and other healthcare facilities seeking doctors. This is expected to lessen as the pandemic recedes, with the AAMC report projecting a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians by 2033, an increase over its 2019 projection of 121,900 too few doctors by 2032. Click here for the full report.